Former publisher THQ is suing EA as well as UFC brand owner Zuffa, claiming EA garnered details from purchase negotiations in order to dismantle and undermine THQ’s relationship with Zuffa. THQ claims it is owned an additional US$10 million beyond the $10 million Zuffa paid previously in order to terminate its license agreement.
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Saint’s Row IV New DLC Details
Saint’s Row IV new DLC will be releasing this October the 23rd, owners of the Season’s Pass will automatically receive the DLC, titled Enter the Dominatrix, a mockumentary style expansion that was originally going to be part of Saint’s Row: The Third, but was decided to be large enough to be its own standalone game.
Continue reading...Activision Blizzard Becomes Independant
Activision Blizzard’s quest to become independent of its parent company Vivendi has been completed today, following the overturning of a September ruling that ceased the purchase, dropping Vivendi’s stake in the company to about 12 percent. The move was headed by an investor group led by CEO Bobby Kotick, whom completed the US$8.2 billion buyout Friday, ending the 5 years of Activision Blizzard being a subsidiary of Vivendi.
Continue reading...Enslaved: Odyssy To The West Coming To PC
Ninja Theory’s 2010 underdog Enslaved has been confirmed by Namco Bandai to be getting a premium edition re-release this month, including a PC release.
Continue reading...GTA V Coming To PC In 2014?
The long awaited Grand Theft Auto V is supposedly coming to PC early 2014, according to “multiple industry sources,” Eurogamer reported. This would match the release pattern that was set with Grand Theft Auto IV, which released in April 2008 originally, becoming available for PC in December of the same year.
Continue reading...Battlefield Director Wants To Bring Linux Into Mainstream
DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson has expressed a deep desire to develop games for Linux in an interview with Polygon. “We strongly want to get into Linux for a reason … It took Halo for the first Xbox to kick off and go crazy — usually, it takes one killer app or game and then people are more than willing [to adopt it] — it is not hard to get your hands on Linux, for example, it...
Continue reading...The Order: 1886 Details Revealed
Details on upcoming Playstation 4 exclusive, The Order: 1886 have come to light in the latest issue of Game Informer. The game is set in Victorian London and mixes historical as well as fantasy and sci-fi elements, as seen in the debut trailer. Within this setting, a small faction of humanity diverts from the main gene pool, mutating and becoming more bestial. This faction then begins a war against their former brethren.
Continue reading...Thief Gets New Gameplay Footage
Some of the first new gameplay footage of the Thief reboot has surfaced at long last. For a game that still has just under 5 months until release, it’s looking quite sleek.
Continue reading...Far Cry 4 confirmed by Composer
Following the news from Ubisoft’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and sales that Far Cry 3‘s success had ensured a sequel, it appears that prominent television and film composer Cliff Martinez has been tapped to create the score for the game.
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